Press Releases
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CARICOM Competition Commission Launches Website
PARAMARIBO, 26th August, 2013. The CARICOM Competition Commission (Commission) is pleased to announce the official launch of its full-featured website www.caricomcompetitioncommission.com. The new-look website is currently designed to assist interested persons in understanding the work of the Commission and the basics and importance of competition law and consumer protection policy. The website has content including the most recent news and…
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CARIFORUM DG to Visit Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Mr Percival Marie, is set to embark on his first official visit to Grenada since that country assumed the Chairmanship of CARIFORUM, with effect from 1 July 2013. The Chair of CARIFORUM plays a leadership role in relation to intra-CARIFORUM matters,…
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Fantastic CARIFESTA XI blazing trails
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Fantastic was the word used by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to describe CARIFESTA XI which is in progress in Paramaribo and other regions of Suriname. Speaking after witnessing the opening weekend and participating in the launch of the Caribbean Marketplace for the Arts and the Youth Village on Monday,…
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Innovation is alive and well at CARIFESTA XI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Two of the most innovative aspects of CARIFESTA were declared open on Monday in Paramaribo, Suriname with the Caribbean Market Place for the Arts and the Youth Village. President of Suriname, His Excellency Desire Bouterse, First Lady Ingrid Bouterse and Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, left their vehicles behind and…
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Great Show as CARIFESTA XI opens in Suriname
Three Hundred and forty (340) Surinamese youth and ten (10) Chinese Shaolin Monks stole the show at the Opening Ceremony of CARIFESTA XI in Paramaribo, Suriname on Friday night. As if to give living testimony to Surinamese President His Excellency Desi Bouterse’s assertion that culture “strengthens ties of people across borders”, the rolling, flying and skipping monks and the intricate,…
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Address delivered by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Opening Ceremony of CARIFESTA XI Paramaribo, Suriname
A special and unique celebration of Caribbean culture begins here and now with the Opening Ceremony of this Eleventh commemoration of CARIFESTA. We have come from all over the Caribbean Community and are joined by our family and many friends from Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, to experience this magical evening and the festivities that will unfold in the…
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Stocktaking a Priority, says New EPA Implementation Director
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The new Director of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Mr Carlos Wharton, has prioritised a stocktaking exercise in relation to the work of the Unit. Mr Wharton, who took up office on August 1, is tasked with leading the Unit, one of two within the Caribbean…
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Women in agriculture: the new sexy in developmental circles – Minister Webster
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The contribution of women to agriculture and agribusiness, and by extension, to national and regional development was hailed on Tuesday as a Women’s Forum got underway at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2013 in Georgetown, Guyana. The one-day forum, part of a series of activities of the 12th CWA provided a unique opportunity…
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CARICOM Finance Ministers tackle growth and development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reviewed a range of economic and financial issues at the Fifteenth Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday. The Council paid particular attention to the state of regional economies and addressed implementation issues relating…
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CARICOM Change Team pleased with Guyana Consultations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Change Facilitation Team based at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has expressed satisfaction at the response by participants at the Guyana national consultations on a Five-year Strategic Plan for the Community. The Strategic Plan is a critical part of the Reform process within CARICOM, which has been initiated by the Conference of Heads…
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